Liopropomatidae
| Liopropomatidae | |
|---|---|
| Liopropoma aberrans | |
| Barred soapfish (Diploprion bifasciatum) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Family: | Liopropomatidae Poey, 1867 |
| Genera | |
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Liopropomatidae, the painted basslets, are a family of marine perciform fish. They are found mainly in the Indo-Pacific region and in the Western Atlantic Ocean with a single species in the eastern Atlantic. There are two subfamilies: Liopropomatinae, and Diploprioninae (the barred soapfishes). Like the soapfishes of Grammistidae, the Diploprioninae are known to secret the mucus-like toxin grammistin.
They were formerly considered a tribe in the subfamily Epinephelinae, the group including the groupers.